The International Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group is a joint research effort by over 50 hospitals.   Hospitals summit their patient data to a central database, which is then compared to search for the best treatments of CDH.

You can visit the CDHSG at http://www.cdhsg.net/

CHERUBS is proud to work with the hospitals in the International CDH Study Group and to share our research database findings so that together we can help find the cause, prevention and best treatments for CDH.    We had the priviledge to meet and talk with Pam Lally, the CDH Study Group Database Engineer at the APSA Conference in 2009 and again at CHERUBS Conference.   We even had the opportunity to sit down with her and share our databases and findings.   It was both enlightening to know that our database research reinforced both group's finding but also disappointing in that nothing jumped out at us that would further our work in certain areas.   We are very excited to work on our new CDH Research Site and get more long-term data that will help further CDH research for all of us.

Thank you to Drs. Kevin and Pam Lally for all of their support of CHERUBS and for all their dedication to families affected by CDH. 

The following hospitals see many cases of CDH a year and participate in research with the International CDH Study Group.   They do not represent all hospital that work with CDH patients.  This list should not be used to chose a particular hospital for your cherub.

Hospital City State/Province Country Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick NWS Australia Royal Children’s Hospital Parkville Victoria Australia University Hospital Gasthuisberg B-3000 Leuven Belgium Royal Alexandra Hospital Edmonton Alberta Canada The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Ontario Canada Universitatsklinikum Manneheim gGmbH Mannheim Germany Freie Universitat Berlin Berlin   Germany Salesi Children’s Hospital Ancona Italy Ospedali Pediatrico Bambino Gesu Rome   Italy Ospedali Riuniti Bergamo Bergamo   Italy National Center of Child Health and Development Tokyo   Japan Central Hospital Aichi Prefectural Colony Kasugai Aichi Japan Osaka Medical Center for Maternal and Child Health Izuki Osaka Japan Osaka University Graduate School of Medicin Suita Osaka Japan Royal Hospital for Sick Children Glasgow Yorkhill Scotland Astrid Lindgren Stockholm Sweden Sophia Children’s Hospital Rotterdam The Netherlands Children’s Hospital of Alabama Birmingham AL United States St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center Phoenix AZ United States Phoenix Children’s Hospital Phoenix AZ United States Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles CA United States San Diego Children’s Hospital San Diego CA United States University of California San Diego San Diego CA United States Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles CA United States Children’s Hospital of Oakland Oakland CA United States Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Loma Linda CA United States Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital Pal Alto CA United States Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA Los Angeles CA United States Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital New Haven CT United States Children’s National Medical Center Washington DC United States Arnold Palmer Hospital for Women & Children Orlando FL United States Shands Children’s Hospital/University of Florida Gainesville FL United States Emory University Atlanta GA United States Medical College of Georgia* Augusta GA United States University of Chicago Chicago IL United States Children’s Hospital of Illinois Peoria IL United States Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge IL United States Rockford Memorial Children’s Hospital Rockford IL United States James Whitcomb Riley Children’s Hospital Indianapolis IN United States Children’s Mercy Hospital Overland Park KS United States University of Kentucky Medical Center Lexington KY United States Kosair Children’s Hospital Louisville KY United States Tulane University Hospital New Orleans LA United States Children’s Hospital Boston Boston MA United States Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA United States University of Michigan Medical Center Ann Arbor MI United States Children’s Hospital of Michigan Detroit MI United States DeVos Children’s Hospital Grand Rapids MI United States St. Paul Campus Children’s Minneapolis Minneapolis MN United States Children’s Hospital ofMinneapolis* Minneapolis MN United States Mayo Clinic Rochester MN United States Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital St. Louis MO United States St. Louis Children’s Hospital St. Louis MO United States University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson MS United States University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC United States Children’s Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center* Charlotte NC United States Duke University Medical Center Durham NC United States North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem NC United States University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha NE United States University of New Mexico Medical Center Albuquerque NM United States Strong Children’s Hospital Rochester NY United States Children’s Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo NY United States Children’s Hospital of Akron Akron OH United States Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati OH United States Cleveland Clinic Foundation – Children’s Hospital Cleveland OH United States Columbus Children’s Hospital Columbus OH United States Miami Valley Hospital Dayton OH United States Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital Cleveland OH United States St. Francis Children’s Hospital Tulsa OK United States Legacy Emanuel Children’s Hospital Portalnd OR United States St. Christoper’s Children’s Hospital Philadelphia PA United States Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelopha PA United States Hershey Medical Center Hershey PA United States University of Puerto Rico Medical Center San Juan Puerto Rico United States Hasbro Children’s Hospital Privdence RI United States Medical University of South Carolina Charleston SC United States T.C. Thompson Hospital Chattanooga TN United States Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Nashville TN United States Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital San Antonio TX United States Texas Children’s Hospital Houston TX United States University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston TX United States Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center Lackland AFB TX United States Children’s Hospital of Austin Austin TX United States Cook Children’s Medical Center Ft. Worth TX United States Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital* Houston TX United States Primary Children’s Hospital Salt Lake City UT United States University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville VA United States Medical College of Virginia Richmond VA United States Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee WI United States